MapQuest Static Map, Shape returns a very large string

I'm currently developing a Directions Application using Map Quest API on my website, I'm running into the issue when I put a direction from point A being very far away from point B, the shape instance returns a very large string (>70k chars) which Http request can't handle so it returns null. I have tried multiple websites and testing methods and none of them seem to work.

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